Research and reports to help understand mental health in Uganda and our response
Our research:
A hallmark of the work of YouBelong Uganda is to combine research with implementation strategy, as we help to imbed our innovative work in community based mental health services into the health system in Uganda. We embrace data collection and its analysis as the ‘eyes and ears’ of effective policy development.
Understanding Mental Health Services in Uganda
Psychosis, the archetypal mental illness, has negative health, social and economic consequences for individuals, their families and communities. These are more pronounced in low resourced countries like Uganda where accessible and responsive mental health services are almost nonexistent for the majority of the population. YouBelong Uganda, in keeping with its mission of developing community mental health services, set out to investigate the current state of mental health services for psychosis in Uganda. This Landscape report details findings that form an evidence base on which to improve care for persons and families affected by psychoses and related mental disorders in Uganda and similar contexts.
Project 500
PROJECT 500, is a program developed in COVID-19, emergency conditions, to resettle 500 patients from Butabika National Referral Mental Hospital, back to family care, while supporting the returned person, and their family, to minimize relapses and readmissions to the hospital.
CLICK HERE TO READ A ONE-PAGE PROJECT SUMMARY
CLICK HERE TO READ THE MID-TERM REPORT
CLICK HERE TO READ A SUMMARY OF THE MID-TERM EVALUATION REPORT
COVID-19 Rapid Response Survey
YouBelong Uganda recently completed a rapid survey of individuals and families who have been supported by the YouBelong Uganda community based mental health programme in Kampala and Wakiso Districts, Uganda.
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The phone survey addressed the level of accurate evidence-based information about COVID-19 held by families contacted in the survey and the impact of COVID-19 and the national lockdown on the physical and mental health of individuals (and their families) recovering from severe mental illness.